Band-cutter and feeder



(No Model.) v

' W. H. ELLINGER.

BAND GUTTER AND FEEDER.

No. 473,620.' PatentedApr. 26, 1892.

17g-f l L WHIJGSSZS i UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILAM H. ELLINGER, OF NI WOT, COLORADO.

BAN D-CUTTER ANDv FEEDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 473,620, dated April26, 1892.

i Application filed September 29, 1891. Serial No. 407,138. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILAM H. ELLINGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ni Vot, in the county of Boulder and State of Colorado, haveinvented a new and useful Band-Cutter and Feeder, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to thrashingmachines, and more especially to theband-cutters and feeders used in connection therewith; and the object ofthe same is to effect certain improvements in devices of this character.

To this end the invention consists in the specific details ofconstruction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and asillustrated on the sheet of drawings, wherein- Figure l is a plan viewof this improved device. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 isan enlarged perspective detail of one of the adjustable knife-supportingstandards with its parts slightly broken away.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter F designates the frame-workof this entire machine, in one portion of which is mounted athrashingmachine whose cylinder is here designated by the letter Y. Onthe shaft of this cylinderis a small gear g,` engaging a larger one G onthe end of the inner shaft l of an endless carrier C, which moves over atable T toward the thrashing-machine in a manner which will be clear. Atthe outer extremity of the endless carrier is the outer shaft or rollerO, journaled in the frame F beneath the table, and strong braces Bconnect this portion of the frame with that part thereof which containsthe thrashing-'machine, whereby the necessity for legs to support thetable and its carrier is avoided, and the grain may be piled all aroundand under the table. I

At each side of the table at about the center of its length is locatedan adjustable knifesupporting standard constructed as follows: L is thelower member, which Vis secured to the side of the frame and is providedwith a deep notch N at right angles to the length of the table, wherebythis member is practically bifurcated, each arm of the bifurcationhaving an inwardly-projecting web IV, as best seen in Fig. 3.

U is the upper member, which is of inverted-U shape, its arms passingdownward between the arms of the lower member and on opposite sides ofthe webs thereof. A bolt or set-screw S connects these two arms neartheir lower ends and passes through the notch N, and by tightening thisscrew the armsare drawn toward each other and clamped against the edgesof the webs. In the upper ends of the two upper members is journaled ahorizontal shaft H, carrying, preferably, about three long blades orknives K, which project tangentially from the shaft, and one end of thelatter projects through the standard at the front and is connected by anelastic twisted belt E with the shaft I at the inner end of the carrier.

Vith this construction of parts the operation is as follows: Therevolution of the thrasher-cylinder drives the carrier through themeshing of the gears, and the twisted belt E causes the cutter-shaft torevolve in such direction that the knives move with the carrier. Byloosening the screws S the upper members of the standards can beadjusted on the lower, so as to cause the cutter to stand higher orlower with relation to the carrier, according as the size of the bundlesmay necessitate, the elastic belt stretching or contracting slightly toaccommodate the new position of the shaft H. The bundles are thrown uponthe carrier so as to stand across the same and are moved thereby underthe knives which cut the bands in a manner which will be clear. Thegrain is then carried on to the thrashing-machine, to which it isdelivered in the proper position for treatment. The knives are so highabove the carrier that the operator will not injure his hands thereon ifhe is at all careful, and the absence of any legs or supports for thetable gives much room that would not otherwise be available.

The parts are of the desired proportions and materials, and theconstruction may be changed considerably without departing from thespirit of my invention.

lVhat is claimed as new is- In a band-cutter and feeder, thecombination, with the feeding-table, a carrier moving over the same, andsupports for the table, of standards at each side of the table, eachcomprising a lower member having a deep notch in its upper endtransverse to the table and provided with Webs at the sides of thenotch, an upper member oi' inverted-U shape, its

5 arms passing down between the arms ofv the lower member and againstopposite edges of the Webs, and a set-screw Connecting the arms of theupper member and passing through said notch, a horizontal shaftjournaied in To the two upper members, knives located thereon, and meansfor rotating it, as and Jfor the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWnI have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

VILAM H. ELLINGER.

Witnesses:

W. M. LIPPILL, J. K. SWEENY.

